Melbourne rice exports record six-year high
FOLLOWING hard on the heels of the news of record-breaking tonnages of grain being exported from the Port of Melbourne, comes the news of more records for rice exports. Rice,...
Pilbara ports break tonnage record for fifth year
PILBARA Ports has broken export tonnage records for the fifth year running. The region recorded 758.3 million tonnes worth an estimated $173 billion for the 2023-2024 financial...
Woodside in second big US purchase to go green
IN A SECOND major U.S.move in a fortnight Woodside will aquire OCI’s clean ammonia project in Texas. The US$2.35 billion deal follows on from Woodside’s US$900 million acquisition...
Oakajee gets set to support heavy freight
A $20 million road contract has been awarded to Highway Construction Pty Ltd, with works to start in coming months on upgrades to support heavy freight movements in and out of the...
Australia's first hyperbaric common user facility open for business
AUSTRALIA’S first deepwater hyperbaric common user facility opened its doors this week (31 July). The facility, operated by Matrix Composites and Engineering, is part of the...
ITF week of action singles out cruise ships, offshore oil and gas
EXPEDITION cruise ships and offshore oil and gas industries were among vessels the International Transport Workers Federation Inspectorate claims have underpaid seafarers an...
Green ammonia for COSCO Shipping in Fortescue deal
FORTESCUE and COSCO Shipping will work together to collaborate on converting the COSCO fleet to green ammonia. The two companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of...
Port of Melbourne hits grain export record
WITH grain exports of 3.37 million tonnes in the 2024 financial year Port of Melbourne has set a new record. A major milestone with grain now hold a 30% share of exports at...
Container trucks to weigh in at Fremantle
ALL TRUCKS carrying full import containers from DP World’s Fremantle terminal must now use a weigh-in-motion system. The WIM measures axle group weights calibrated to the general...
MMA deal done
SINGAPORE-based Cyan Renewables has completed its acquisition of Western Australian vessel operator MMA Offshore, making it the Asia Pacific’s biggest platform for offshore wind...
EES warns of more container delays in Singapore
WITH demand for container shipping hitting a record high in May, EES Shipping is warning that delays in Singapore won’t improve in August and September. In a posting to its...
Rio Tinto celebrates 4 billion tonnes of iron ore for China
RIO Tinto is celebrating more than 50 years of shipping iron ore to China to be used in the steel that has built much of that nation’s infrastructure. On 18 July, a shipment of...
Woodside acquisition of Tellurian will make it an LNG powerhouse
WOODSIDE Energy is set to become a world heavyweight in the liquified natural gas (LNG) market following its US$900 million acquisition of U.S. company Tellurian. The deal...
Scam warning in wake of CrowdStrike outage
TO ADD insult to injury, a warning has gone out that a series of scams are following in the wake of the CrowdStrike National IT Outage. The Australian Signals Directorate...
Seafarer centres to open 24 hours
IT MIGHT seem counterintuitive but Mission to Seafarers centres, many of which are struggling to find volunteers, are starting to open 24 hours a day. Speaking at the Seafarers...
